Ivansxtc

Bernard Rose

Danny Huston, Peter Weller and Lisa Enos star in this biting satire on the behind-the-scenes of the Hollywood film industry, with all its drink and drug-fuelled excess, from director Bernard Rose (Candyman, Paperhouse). Opening with the death of its titular protagonist, Ivansxtc goes back in time to chart the final days of hot-shot Tinseltown agent Ivan (Beckman Huston) and his fast-paced, wheeler-dealer lifestyle, which will ultimately lead him to an early grave after a shock cancer diagnosis. Loosely based on Leo Tolstoy's celebrated 1886 novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich, and featuring a searing performance by Danny Huston at its core and wonderfully sleazy turn from Peter Weller as Ivan's biggest client, Ivansxtc is a powerful meditation on life, death and morality set against the glitzy backdrop of La La Land.


Samurai Marathon

Bernard Rose

Operating undercover in the court of an aging Lord, a young ninja's loyalties are put to the test when the town's samurais are challenged to complete a grueling marathon, facing impossible odds and obstacles.


Candyman (1992)

Bernard Rose

Student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) learns of the terrifying local legend of The Candyman – a hooked serial killer who appears when you say his name in a mirror, five times. Her investigations of The Candyman legend lead her to his fabled haunts. But, when she ignores locals’ warnings, a series of gruesome murders begins. Could the legend really be true?


Frankenstein

Bernard Rose

An updated adaptation of Mary Shelley's “Frankenstein” in which a married couple of scientists create a modern-day monster.


Mr. Nice

Bernard Rose

Rhys Ifans (THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and Chloe Sevigny (BIG LOVE) star in the thrilling true life story of Howard Marks: School teacher and international drug smuggler who at one point controlled ten percent of the global trade in hashish. Adapted from Marks' autobiography by CANDYMAN and IMMORTAL BELOVED writer-director Bernard Rose, MR. NICE chronicles the rise and fall of one of the most fascinating and notorious figures in the international drug trade. Howard Marks' rise to the top of the drug trade was meteoric, the one-time physics student starting small with packets of hash hidden in the gear of traveling rock bands. In just a few years he had moved from grams and kilos to shipping literally tons of the stuff at a time, controlling massive shipments from Pakistan and Thailand to all corners of the world. The one time teacher built ties to the CIA, IRA, MI6, Mafia and more, claiming to operate under more than forty aliases worldwide. And then it all came crashing down around him. Rhys Ifans brings the flamboyant Marks to life in this sexy international thriller made all the more fascinating by the fact that every bit of it is true.


Paperhouse

Bernard Rose

Anna's disturbing adventures begin when a house she sketched on paper eerily comes to life in a recurring dream. Bedridden with a fever, the imaginative and lonely child becomes obsessed with her drawing when she discovers that she can manipulate the course of her dream by adding to her picture. As Anna deliriously plunges deeper and deeper into her fantasy world, she becomes convinced that her drawings have begun to control and perhaps destroy her life. Her fever escalates, and the thin line between real and imagined blurs until Anna becomes trapped in a terror-filled nightmare, fearful that she won't escape alive.


The Kreutzer Sonata

Bernard Rose

When Edgar (Danny Huston) and Abbey (Elisabeth Röhm), a concert pianist, meet at a dinner party, they begin an affair. Soon after Abby breaks up with her boyfriend, she becomes pregnant with Edgar's child - something that was not planned. Cut to: years later and Abby is now Mrs. Edgar Hudson, a resident of Beverly Hills and the mother of two children. In turn, Edgar is now the man who has everything; vast wealth, a gorgeous wife and two beautiful children. Unfortunately, the significant changes in Abby's life have made being a pianist, her true passion, a distant memory, thus making her restless and unfulfilled. Her unhappiness is all too apparent, but instead of talking about it, Edgar chooses to ignore it.


Immortal Beloved

Bernard Rose

Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbe, Isabella Rossellini and Valeria Golino star in Immortal Beloved, a mesmerizing mystery based on the tumultuous real life of Ludwig van Beethoven. Oldman gives a tour de force performance as the passionate, volatile genius who inspired love and hatred in equal measure. Whether seducing regal followers or criticizing the ruling class, Beethoven made many enemies. But he also had one true love, the unnamed "Immortal Beloved" mentioned in an enigmatic letter discovered upon his death. The thrilling search for the identity of this mystery woman leads us into Beethoven's dark past, his hidden passions, and, ultimately, into the unparalleled genius of his music.